Wednesday, October 15, 2014

City Of Houston Subpoena's Pastors Sermons, States They Can Not Speak Out Against Homosexuality

Is America dead? The constitution appears to be? In Houston, Texas, pastor's sermon's
are being subpoenaed.

The pastors face being fined and
or imprisoned for speaking God's word as stated in the Bible when it comes to
homosexuality. The City of Houston,
Texas considers this a violation of their equal rights ordinance.

Houston's embattled equal rights
ordinance took another legal turn this week when it surfaced that city
attorneys, in an unusual step, subpoenaed sermons given by local pastors who
oppose the law and are tied to the conservative Christian activists who have
sued the city. This was done by order of Houston

Mayor, Annise D. Parker, who has publically confirmed she is a lesbian.

Opponents of the equal rights
ordinance are hoping to force a repeal referendum when they get their day in
court in January, claiming City Attorney David Feldman wrongly determined they
had not gathered enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot.

City attorneys issued subpoenas
last month as part of the case's discovery phase, seeking, among other
communications, "all speeches, presentations, or sermons related to HERO
(Houston Equal Rights Ordinance), the Petition, Mayor Annise Parker, homosexuality,
or gender identity prepared by, delivered by, revised by, or approved by you or
in your possession."

The subpoenas were issued to
pastors and religious leaders who have been vocal in opposing the ordinance:
Dave Welch, Hernan Castano, Magda Hermida, Khanh Huynh and Steve Riggle. The
Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian legal organization known for its role
in defending same-sex marriage bans, filed a motion Monday on behalf of the
pastors seeking to quash the subpoenas, and in a press announcement called it a
"witch hunt."

Wouldn't discrimination of
Christian Faith as protected under the first amendment supersede any illegal
(unconstitutional) ordinance? When will
people speak up?!